An optimization approach to photovoltaic building integration towards low energy buildings in different climate zones

Σκάνδαλος, Νικόλαος; Karamanis, D.

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117017

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“…Reducing the space heating demand by 70%-85% and reducing the fluctuations in energy demand. Skandalos and Karamanis (2021) Sim Four bifacial PVs effect on the built environment for three different climatic zones.…”

Section: Russo (2012) Optimize Energymentioning

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Current prospects of building-integrated solar PV systems and the application of bifacial PVs

Abojela¹,

Desa²,

Sabry

2023

Front. Energy Res.

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Building-integrated solar photovoltaic (BIPV) systems have gained attention in current years as a way to recover the building’s thermal comfort and generate sustainable energy in building structures. BIPV systems can provide shade against sunshine while generating ancillary electrical power. Over the last decades, engineers have been trying to improve the efficiency of BIPV systems. BIPV systems with various installation types, including rooftop, balcony, curtain, sunshade, and wall façade types, are being constantly researched and intensively presented for improving power efficiency and reducing air-conditioning use. This work provides an overview of solar BIPV systems and focuses particularly on existing applications of the bifacial type of BIPV systems. The motivation and an overview of BIPV systems are first introduced, followed by the study methodology considered and the contributions. This work discusses PV technologies of bifacial PVs (monocrystalline and polycrystalline bifacial modules), BIPV installation [curtains, rooftop, flat rooftop, transparent faced, balcony windows (transparent), wall opaque facade, flat roof-faced, and skylight sunshade types], simulation and optimization software (simulation software and future trends), zero-energy BIPV technology, and optimization techniques of BIPV systems. Last, suggestion amendments to the current BIPV design that possibly contribute to growing the system’s effectiveness, reliability, and cost as future design theories for the whole system are presented.

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Section: Russo (2012) Optimize Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Current prospects of building-integrated solar PV systems and the application of bifacial PVs

Abojela¹,

Desa²,

Sabry

2023

Front. Energy Res.

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“…Horizontal photovoltaic canopies act as window shades and greatly reduce the need for cooling in Mediterranean climates, while in hot desert climates they are less efficient than photovoltaic windows [62].…”

Section: Externally Integrated Systemsmentioning

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Building integrated photovoltaics. Overview of barriers and opportunities

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Based on the available literature, the status and prospects for further development of the building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market were analyzed. The results of the analysis show that the high investment costs and the lack of information about installed BIPV systems and BIPV technology are a problem for the stakeholders. BIPV technology is an interdisciplinary problem, so the cooperation of a large number of different experts is important. However, it is not yet at a satisfactory level. Another problem is the overlapping of responsibilities of HVAC installers, interior designers and facade manufacturers. On the other hand, the incentives of the EU regulatory framework and beyond to use renewable energy sources in both new buildings and renovation of old buildings, as well as the desire for energy independence, encourage the application of BIPV technology. An analysis of the electricity production potential of BIPV integrated into the walls and roof of the building was made for four geographical locations. A comparison of the production of electricity on the walls and on the roof of the building was carried out. The analysis shows that on the 4 walls of the building, where each wall has the same area as the roof of the building, approximately 2.5 times more electricity than on the roof can be generated. In the absence of available surface for installing a PV power plant on the roof, the walls represent a great potential for BIPV technology.

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“…Mamun et al, 49 have illustrated to track variation on PV performance and electric parameters at different tilt angles under Malaysian conditions. Skandalos and Karamanis 50 have clarified energy efficiency of four BIPVs control solar radiation through windows and their result on constructed environment for three dissimilar climate regions.…”

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An elite hybrid strategy for solar photovoltaic system based optimized cascade controller under uniform and partial shading conditions

Kuppusamy¹,

Balaraman²

2022

Optim Control Appl Methods

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A hybrid technique for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for a photovoltaic (PV) system is proposed in this paper. The proposed hybrid system is combination of Wing suit Flying Search (WFS) and modified Transient search optimization (MTSO), therefore it is called WFS-MTSO method. The proposed controller has three processes: (i) to identify the operating level of photovoltaic (uniform or in PSC), (ii) to estimate the maximal power point using WFS technique, and (iii) to ensure the photovoltaic system runs on the estimated maximum power point (MPP) by MTSO optimized cascade controller. This method begins with a sense of irradiance and temperature. The proposed photovoltaic system has two components. The first one is WFS maximal power point tracking algorithm attain maximal power point. The second one is MTSO optimized cascade controller to force the photovoltaic system to activate at maximal power point. Here, the proposed hybrid technique is utilized at MPPT to diminish tracking error and oscillation across MPP for optimizing power output. The proposed optimized cascade control improves the system efficiency by averting interruptions previously they propagate to the system. Finally, the performance of proposed hybrid system is executed on MAT-LAB/Simulink working platform and the performances are compared with various existing approaches. The statistical matrices, like mean, median, and standard deviation is analyzed the tracking efficiency of the proposed WFS-MTSO approach.

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An optimization approach to photovoltaic building integration towards low energy buildings in different climate zones

Cited by 71 publications

References 83 publications

Current prospects of building-integrated solar PV systems and the application of bifacial PVs

Current prospects of building-integrated solar PV systems and the application of bifacial PVs

Building integrated photovoltaics. Overview of barriers and opportunities

An elite hybrid strategy for solar photovoltaic system based optimized cascade controller under uniform and partial shading conditions

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